Friday, December 3, 2021 Tweets Archive Recent news

The Guardian • Josh Taylor • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Craig Kelly: MP banned from Facebook appointed to parliament’s social media inquiry
Choice of the MP, who has been criticised for posting ‘misleading’ vaccine information online, raises other committee members’ eyebrows
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ABC News • Steve Cannane • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Carbon footprint of a medium-sized European country': What satellites found over one part of Australia
Methane is a powerful, invisible gas that is a key driver of global warming. Now satellite imagery is raising questions over whether Australia has been accurately reporting its emissions to international bodies.
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The Guardian • Sarah Martin • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Natalie Baini claims Liberal party ignored complaint about conduct of married Coalition minister
Exclusive: The former Liberal complained to Scott Morrison’s office and party leaders about Craig Laundy who she was in a relationship with
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ABC News • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
When Rachelle Miller revealed her affair with minister Alan Tudge one year ago, she paid a heavy price while he got promoted
It took a bruising year after Rachelle Miller first told her story about minister Alan Tudge for her to finally be heard, and for him to face consequences and stand aside, writes Louise Milligan.
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Louise Milligan@Milliganreports
“‘It's about changing a system that allowed this to happen.’ We can all only hope that after all of the political & personal damage wrought during this sorry saga, Rachelle Miller is right.” My analysis: A year on from Inside the Canberra Bubble. @4corners abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0…
December 3, 2021
The Guardian • Adam Morton • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Woodside’s new Western Australian gas project ‘a bet against’ global 1.5C goal, report finds
Climate Analytics says Scarborough project’s emissions expected to be 1.37bn tonnes of CO2, which would slow push to reach net zero
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The Sydney Morning Herald • Waleed Aly • December 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
We saw Omicron coming, but we didn’t think to act
Scientists’ warnings about new COVID-19 variants emerging from Africa were well known. Why didn’t Australia do something?
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Michael Koziol@michaelkoziol
Waleed Aly: "This is a global pandemic, but very little about our response is global. We don’t think that way, and we don’t act that way. That’s true of governments, of publics and of the media." smh.com.au/national/we-sa…
December 3, 2021
The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • December 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Labor sets 43 per cent emissions reduction target for 2030
Labor leader Anthony Albanese has set a new target to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 43 per cent by 2030 if he wins power at the next election.
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The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Anthony Albanese commits Labor to emissions reduction target of 43% by 2030
In opposition leader’s most significant policy announcement to date, Albanese also pledges to boost renewables share of grid to 82%
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The Guardian • Anne Davies • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Dave Sharma faces questions over his claims of an ‘upgraded 2030 emissions reduction target’
Wentworth MP queried over comments made to local newspaper after criticism of Coalition climate policy
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ABC News • Stephen Dziedzic • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
Australia receives order to cancel dozens of Myanmar citizens' passports
Myanmar's military junta revokes the passports of dozens of its leading opponents in an apparent attempt to stop them travelling and building international opposition to the regime.
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The Age • Paul Sakkal • December 3, 2021 • theage.com.au
Victorian Liberals abandon push for gender quota
The Liberals have 31 MPs in State Parliament, seven of them women. But the push for quotas to increase female representation is not on the agenda at this weekend’s state council meeting.
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The Guardian • Paul Karp • December 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
Greens senator Lidia Thorpe apologises for ‘disgusting’ comment directed at Liberal Hollie Hughes
Thorpe accused of saying ‘at least I keep my legs shut’ in Senate, capping a torrid fortnight of parliament
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Paul Karp@Paul_Karp
On Sky, Rita Panahi argues the Guardian and others have been "strangely silent" on Lidia Thorpe's insult of Hollie Hughes.
Um ...
theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 3, 2021
The Guardian • Mostafa Rachwani • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor candidate Sally Sitou fears ‘undertones of racism’ spreading in Australia after Twitter abuse
Vow to stand up for migrants if elected after messages question loyalties amid China tensions
The Guardian • Tory Shepherd, Caitlin Cassidy, Mostafa Rachwani, Josh Taylor, Peter Hannam, Ben Doherty, Daniel Hurst, Calla Wahlquist, Anne Davies • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
BHP vaccine mandate declared unlawful; NSW towns evacuate as storms threaten – as it happened
Northern Territory woman dies of Covid; no changes to booster shot rollout as NSW fears first local transmission of Omicron. This blog is now closed
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Daniel Hurst@danielhurstbne
Anthony Albanese announces Labor climate policy: theguardian.com/australia-news…
December 3, 2021
ABC News • Kristian Silva • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
'Being treated like dirt': Health workers out of pocket up to $2k after COVID-19 payment delay
A Melbourne hospital network has blamed an "administrative delay" for underpaying hundreds of staff who were promised an extra bonus worth up to $300 a week during the pandemic.
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Kristian Silva@kristian_silva
New from me. A major hospital network in Melbourne hasn't been paying its COVID frontline staff a daily bonus, promised by the state government in October. Eastern Health has blamed an 'administrative delay'. abc.net.au/news/2021-12-0…
December 3, 2021
The Guardian • Katharine Murphy • December 3, 2021 • theguardian.com
Labor to unveil raft of climate policies including higher 2030 emissions reduction target
Anthony Albanese set to present his most significant, and electorally risky, policy gambit to date
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The Guardian • Guardian community team • December 2, 2021 • theguardian.com
Tell us about the people you have lost to Covid
We would like to hear from people all over the world about the friends and family they have lost to the pandemic
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ABC News • James Purtill • December 3, 2021 • abc.net.au
Thanks to renewables, 'insanely cheap electricity' is coming. But when?
After years of increases, power prices are set to fall, thanks largely to cheap solar. So how cheap can solar get? And what does this mean for your electricity bill?
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Australian Financial Review • Sally Patten • December 2, 2021 • afr.com
Jillian Broadbent and the battle for Wentworth
The leading director is among the top businesswomen supporting Allegra Spender’s campaign to unseat Liberal MP Dave Sharma in the marginal seat.
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The Sydney Morning Herald • David Crowe • December 3, 2021 • smh.com.au
Toothless corruption watchdog is the PM’s too-hard basket case
The proposed integrity commission is Scott Morrison’s glaring broken promise and an obvious weakness.
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